Re:Sweden Covid-19 Update
by DiogenesKynikos on Friday November 13, 2020 @03:13AM
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I mentioned heart disease. Heart disease is very common, and nowadays, a lot of people live productive lives despite it. If someone is managing their heart disease and living their life, and CoVID-19 comes along and kills them, that's still a tragedy.
If they're managing their heart disease and living their life they're not living in a hospice, which the people in that particular study did.
Re:Sweden Covid-19 Update
by DiogenesKynikos on Saturday November 14, 2020 @04:10AM
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And yet they're still at elevated risk of death if they get CoVID-19, which they probably will if a "herd immunity" strategy is followed. The frustrating thing is that many people will then downplay their death by saying they had a comorbidity.
If you look at the official statistics for the whole country right now, 26% of all dead where 90 years or older, and 41% 80-89 years old. Most of them weren't just a bit out of shape, they were already sick.